Ilyce's Blog

Tax Day this year is Tuesday, April 17th. With six days left, I am sure you and your clients alike are scrambling to get those filings completed. This time crunch can be a good motivator, but it also can hurt your efficiency. Mistakes made when filing your taxes result in paying penalties, and on...

On today's Equifax Finance Blog, tax expert Eva Rosenberg elaborates on a concept not usually approached by tax pros: should you pay a tax pro for your tax preparation or should you use a free service? As you can imagine, the best reason to file your taxes for free is to save money. But will it e...

Children's identity theft is on the rise. Not only is it an attractive target for identity thieves but it also is hard to detect when a theft has occurred. With adults, you would notice if your credit was affected so you can check to see if a theft was made but when you assume your child has no c...

On the Equifax finance blog, blogger Eve Becker wrote about a new trend for ageless home design. The concept is called Universal design. Universal design holds that new environments and products, to the greatest extent possible, should be usable by everyone regardless of age, ability, or circumst...

Children may not be the first thing you think of when you think of identity theft but in today's Equifax Finance blog, expert Peter Schroenrock reveals that children might be 51 times more likely to be victim to identity theft.  Without the same credity history as an adult, you might ask yourself...

You probably already have an idea of what to do with your tax refund. It's a pretty common occurrence when doing the math after filing your taxes that you imagine the places the return will go to. But now that we're in return season, what will you do with it?  On today's Equifax Finance Blog post...

It's common for married couples to have conflicts about money, some say it's the greatest conflict in marriage. So how do you avoid conflict and make money management a priority in your marriage? On today's Equifax Finance blog, the director of education for eCredable tackles the issue with helpf...

Selling a home is a very emotional experience. It can be extremely difficult to help your client separate their emotional ties to their home from the business strategy of selling their home. Real estate blogger Eve Becker’s post on today’s Equifax Finance Blog offers advice based on behavioral ec...

Much like real estate prices, auto insurance prices are dependent on where you choose to live. A state rankings list of auto insurance premiums was released by Insure.com for 2012. The states with the highest premiums? Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Michigan. The lowest? Wisconsin, Iowa, and Maine. But...

It's indoctrinated into our lives that we need to prepare for retirement. How much we may need, how we need to accomodate our lifestyles. The list is endless. But the practical side of being retired may still need some direction. On today's Equifax Finance Blog, New York Times best-selling author...